Allison Santa-Cruz | Penn housing needs serious reform

By Allison Santa-Cruz · Oct. 11, 2021

Columnist Allison Santa-Cruz discusses changes that can be made to improve Penn's college housing.

Surayya Walters | Read this before you accept your return offer

By Surayya Walters · Oct. 9, 2021

Columnist Surayya Walters discusses how to find happiness without a return offer.

Daniel Andre Gurevitch | Car crashes and thank yous

By Daniel Gurevitch · Oct. 6, 2021

Columnist Daniel Andre Gurevitch reflects on gratitude and memories after his grandmother was critically injured in a hit-and-run.

Editorial | Profs: Let seniors miss class for Hey Day

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · Oct. 6, 2021

The DP's Editorial Board argues that professors need to allow seniors to miss class on Oct. 13 to celebrate Hey Day.

Penn Justice Dems | Management consulting will not save the world

By Penn Justice Dems · Oct. 3, 2021

In a guest column, Penn Justice Dems argues that management consulting is not a viable business path to imparting meaningful change.

Isabella Glassman | How to keep students caught up in class

By Isabella Glassman · Oct. 2, 2021

Columnist Isabella Glassman argues that Penn professors must make more accommodations to ensure Penn students who miss class for health reasons aren't being punished

Connor Gibson | Artichokes still have doubts

By Connor Gibson · Sept. 30, 2021

Columnist Connor Gibson revisits Marina Keegan's essay "Even artichokes have doubts" 10 years later.

From the Editor | Want to weigh in on campus debate? Submit a guest column!

By Alfredo Praticò · Sept. 30, 2021

Opinion editor Alfredo Praticò urges people to submit guest pieces for publication in The DP.

Editorial | Castle must be held accountable

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · Sept. 30, 2021

The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board argues that Penn must conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the alleged Castle assault, and hold all parties accountable.

Jaden Cloobeck | Why people don't intervene to prevent harm, and what can be done to change that

By Jaden Cloobeck · Sept. 30, 2021

Columnist Jaden Cloobeck explores bystanderism, offering an analysis of why so many turned a blind eye when a Penn student was beaten at a Castle fraternity party.

Allison Santa-Cruz | We need to rethink the function of modern fraternities

By Allison Santa-Cruz · Sept. 30, 2021

Columnist Allison Santa-Cruz looks at the historical roots of fraternities and sees how ideas of service could be brought back to the modern day.

Penn Leads the Vote | Youth have power — but if we don’t vote, we’ll lose it

By Shriya Madhavaram · Sept. 27, 2021

Penn Leads The Vote argues that Penn students must register to and regularly vote in order to shape national politics.

Caroline Magdolen | How many lanternflies have you stomped today?

By Caroline Magdolen · Sept. 26, 2021

Caroline Magdolen encourages us to give back to the local ecosystem, even in urban spaces like Philadelphia, as seemingly harmless inaction can lead to exponential damage in the long run.Columnist Caroline Magdolen argues that we need to pay more attention to Philadelphia's ailing ecosystem and squash lanterflies!

Taja Mazaj | The pandemic isn’t going away — and Penn isn’t prepared

By Taja Mazaj · Sept. 26, 2021

Columnist Taja Mazaj argues that Penn is ignoring the tools it already has to avoid a campus outbreak of COVID-19.

Emily Chang | How to make dining on campus a better experience

By Emily Chang · Sept. 26, 2021

Columnist Emily Chang discusses simple changes to make the dining halls run more efficiently.

Asaad Manzar | How I used honesty and action to overcome my anxiety

By Asaad Manzar · Sept. 26, 2021

Columnist Asaad Manzar discusses his experiences with social anxiety in college, and how he overcame it.

Lexi Boccuzzi | Are we placing politics above public health?

By Lexi Boccuzzi · Sept. 25, 2021

Columnist Lexi Boccuzzi discusses how vaccine and mask mandates are intertwining politics and public health, which will have drastic consequences for the future of crisis response.